Carrie Underwood

Quick Facts

PUBLISHED01 Feb, 2018

Personal details

Carrie Underwood was born on 10th March 1983. She was born in Oklahoma, U.S. She is 5 feet and 3 inches tall. She was raised on a farm in Checotah, Oklahoma. Her star sign is Pisces. She is Vegan. She is an animal lover. She had a huge interest in sports; she played softball for charity for many years. Carrie loved playing football. She likes to watch horror movies. She is a singer-actress by profession.

She began singing in church since she was three years of age. Carrie was the winner of American Idol despite the fact that she had no formal training in singing. She was named after an actress named Carrie Fisher. Carrie was born to Carole and Steve Underwood. She has two elder sisters named Stephanie and Shanna. In 2001, she graduated from Checotah High School. She owns a degree in Mass Communication from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.

Underwood is a practicing Christian. She revealed that she received more than 40 facial stitches she met with an accident. She has been married to Mike Fisher since 2010. Mike retired from professional hockey in the year 2017. They met at one of her concerts and started dating. The couple tied knot on 10th July 2010 in Greensboro, Georgia. They are blessed with a son named Isaiah, who was born on 27th February 2015.

Career

Carrie Underwood has been an American country singer. She was a participant in the American Idol 4 in the year 2005, which she won and gathered much fame and won millions of hearts by her soothing voice, which was liked by fans and critics alike. She released her first album titled Some Hearts in the year 2005. Her singles like Take the Wheel, Jesus and Before He Cheats, were hugely loved and appreciated by the audience.

Her second album titled Carnival Ride was released in the year 2007. The third album titled Play On was released in 2009, the fourth album titled Blown Away in 2012 and the fifth album titled Storyteller in 2015. All were best-selling and enormous hit. The records were sold for more that 65 million worldwide. Her dominant music genre included country and pop. She played Sarah Hill in a biographical drama film Soul Surfer in 2011. She played Tiffany in a romantic comedy TV series How I Met Your Mother.

Carrie was acknowledged as Country Music's Reigning Queen. She consistently dominated the music charts. She was recognized amongst the most influential people in the world in the year 2014. She was also acknowledged at the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Oklahoma Walk of Fame. She won 8 awards and 15 nominations. She owns four Grammy Awards. She owns three People's Choice Awards. She won a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Reality Star-Female in the year 2005.

Carrie has earned a Net worth of around $85 million. She has 8,159,558 followers on Twitter. She has 6.7m followers on Instagram. She has 11,469,297 likes and 10,465,552 followers on Facebook.